Technology

Justin Pot Gear Aug 4, 2023 7:00 AM Apps Are Rushing to Add AI. Is Any of It Useful? The artificial intelligence gold rush has thrust services like ChatGPT into every aspect of our digital lives. That still won’t solve your email problems. Photograph: AntonioSolano/Getty Images Save this story Save …

Varsha Bansal Business Aug 4, 2023 2:00 AM Urban Company Lured Women Into the Gig Economy—Then Pushed Them Out Home services platform Urban Company helped Indian women get into the gig economy. Now they say it’s setting impossible targets and then abandoning them. Photograph: AIGWU Save this story Save Save …

How a six-kilometre-long space rock formed the crater that's known as the Eye of Quebec. Scientists believe the impact from a giant space rock formed the 'Eye of Quebec' I love it when people say, "Once you see it, you can never unsee it." One example is what's been called …

UBC researchers are looking for city residents to volunteer their yards so they can set up a series of cognitive tests to better understand just how smart raccoons are. UBC's Urban Wildlife Project aims to better understand the cognitive abilities of raccoons Just how smart is the average city trash …

Gregory Barber Backchannel Aug 3, 2023 6:00 AM The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free? Tired of relying on Big Tech to enable collaboration, peer-to-peer enthusiasts are creating a new model that cuts out the middleman. (That’s you, Google.) Play/Pause Button Pause VIDEO: ARDHIRA …

Morgan Meaker Business Aug 3, 2023 2:00 AM Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day. Illustration: Rost-9D/Getty Images Save this story …

Parth M.N. Business Aug 3, 2023 2:00 AM An Internet Shutdown Means Manipur Is Burning in the Dark Since May 4, the Indian government has shut off the internet in Manipur, giving cover to murders, rapes, and arson. People walk through the wreckage of a building on the outskirts of …

Two quantum computers being built in Quebec represent a breakthrough in the field of computing. They leverage the properties of small particles to, theoretically, process information far faster than even the strongest supercomputers. Quebec has invested nearly $200M in quantum computing over 7 years In a grey industrial building in …

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has issued a warning this summer over a potentially deadly mushroom mainly found in urban environments. Potentially deadly fungus is mainly found in urban environments A potentially deadly mushroom that made global headlines recently after the death of multiple people in Australia also grows …

Gregory Barber Business Aug 2, 2023 8:00 AM Inside the DIY Race to Replicate LK-99 Experts doubt claims that LK-99 is a room-temperature superconductor set to open up a future of levitating trains and quantum tech. Andrew McCalip wants to see for himself. Play/Pause Button Pause In their start-up lab, …